a statistical procedure for accepting or rejecting a batch of merchandise or documents; involves determining the maximum number of defects discovered in a sample before the entire batch is rejected

The mathematics of the collection, organization, and interpretation of numerical data, especially the analysis of population characteristics by inference from sampling, Classified facts of a numerical nature regarding any topic, Plural form of statistic

The act, process, or technique of selecting an appropriate sample, items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population, the process or technique of obtaining a representative sample, verb_ Present participle of sample